Recent content by Yew

On the solution side, I'm a fan of the "Deliberate Action" proposed by David Marquet: Here is a good quote of it's effectiveness:

Does any country have a "right" to exist?

I'm not certain that I would have chosen average earnings as the one to get rid of though, 2.5% was the real cause of above inflation rises throughout the 2010s. I guess it means he must be backing wage growth as the leader for the next few years.

It is a shame that the announcement wasn't about the most important way that has been shown to work to make housing more affordable - building social housing.

As someone who owns a large Citroen, that is very certainly true.

Yes, I do worry that it will be a case of tax the working population to pay for a generation of people that had to pay no such tax. Especially given the propensity of the Tories to refer to taxes on inheriting large amounts of money in misleading an inaccurate manners such as calling them "death...

Looks like there could be some big shakeups in social care in the pipeline. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crwyzd3gv519o

I would argue that protecting people from the most predatory practices of big businesses is exactly the sort of thing a Labour Prime Minister should be doing.

I imagine this is more for the benefit of the Secret Service, I could imagine them having sinipers /surveillance drones based there could be something that makes sense?

How much time do you think he has actually been spending on this, I'd daresay that the ministers are doing the work, and he spent little more time than doing the announcing of it.

No doubt the more sanctimonious types will be pleased by this, but given the clear link between poverty and crime, I struggle to imagine that it will actually solve the problem or save any money in the longer-term.

Why, did they become less disabled?

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx3051ye5j0nt?post=asset%3A1ba8d56b-9566-4f2c-ad94-74927472bd48#post Canada joining the EU wasn't on my 2026 bingo card.

I would recommend reading posts thoroughly before responding to them, we are unlikely to have a productive and interesting discussion if you don't.

Are you really suggesting that waiting 5 or 6 miniutes for a checkout to be staffed is not a degradation in service? Tesco famously used to have their "two in front" rule.